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Epson Home Cinema LS100
Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
Elite Screens Aeon CLR
Performance
Setup
Value
PRICE $3,000 (Epson), $799 (Elite)
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Bright picture
Compact form factor
Can be used in average room-lighting conditions
Minus
Below-average picture contrast
Some center-to-edge brightness dropoff
Mediocre remote control
THE VERDICT
This combination of Epson projector and Elite screen represents a great value for those seeking a daylight-friendly, ultra-large-screen viewing option.
Ultra-short-throw (UST) projectors are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to regular front-projection systems. The reason is that, unlike regular projectors, which require careful lighting control to perform their best, UST models can operate in well-lit environments. They beam light upwards and are designed to be mounted only a few inches away from the screen, an arrangement permitting clean installations that not only are free of ceiling mounts or long wiring runs but also avoid the problem of onscreen shadows when someone traverses a projector&amp;rsquo;s beam.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $2,200
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Good resolution in HD and UHD
Impressive HDR
Low price
Minus
Contrast and black level could be better
Manual HDR/SDR
switching
THE VERDICT
The Epson 4000 offers an effective combination of HDR and SDR projection at a price that seemed impossible a year ago.
Native 4K imaging&amp;mdash;where the chips display all 8.3 million individual pixels (3840 x 2160) in each frame simultaneously&amp;mdash;is still rare in an affordable consumer projector. Currently, the entry price is $5,000, for Sony&amp;rsquo;s new VPL-VW285ES. But last year, Epson introduced two 3LCD models that use pixel shifting to achieve an apparent resolution close to 4K. The less expensive of the two was the PowerLite Home Cinema 5040UB, still selling, as I write this, for around $2,700. (Its virtual twin, the Pro Cinema 6040UB, was reviewed in the October 2016 Sound &amp;amp; Vision.)

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $5,000
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Native 4K
Superb resolution and color
Impressive HDR
Minus
No dynamic iris
No lens memories
THE VERDICT
The Sony VPL-VW285ES brings true native 4K resolution down to a price more viewers can aspire to. Add a generous helping of UHD&amp;rsquo;s wider, deeper color and high dynamic range, and it&amp;rsquo;s hard to resist.
Ultra HD with true native 4K resolution on its imaging chips has been, so far, difficult to do at a cost most consumers can accept. New DLP-driven 4K projectors that utilize pixel-shifting, which delivers the full UHD pixel count in successive half-frames of diagonally shifted pixels, have recently come on the market at prices as low as $2,000. But native 4K projectors that can put all 8 million pixels in a UHD frame on the screen simultaneously have been pricey, with the cheapest to date coming in around $8,000.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $8,999
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Great optics
Accurate color adjustments via CMS
Long-life LED light engine
Minus
Lack of key features
Disappointing contrast performance
No HDR support
THE VERDICT
The BenQ HT9050 has DLP&rsquo;s latest 4K chip design, but its poor contrast and lack of key features result in an uninspiring package that can&#39;t compete with other projectors at or near this price point.
It wasn&rsquo;t long ago &amp;mdash; just 10 years, in fact &amp;mdash; that the home projection market was all about DLP. It dominated nearly every price point and was always at the cutting edge of features. But eventually, things changed. Texas Instruments stagnated on DLP development. Meanwhile, new technologies like LCOS emerged, taking onscreen performance to an entirely new level, particularly for native black level and contrast. DLP has stuck around, but it&#39;s often found on the budget side of the market, with entry-level home/business designs, or at the opposite end of the spectrum, with cost-no-object three-chip designs.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $1,599
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Friendly ergonomics
Slick remote control
Attractive price
Minus
Poor HDR peak luminance
Weak black level and
contrast
THE VERDICT
Hisense&amp;rsquo;s premier 65-inch TV offers a respectable visual experience, solid ergonomics, and surprisingly good sound, but it has a few nagging video shortcomings.
Chinese TV maker Hisense has chosen the designation ULED for their 2017 Ultra HDTVs. Like most other modern sets, however (apart from OLED TVs), these are still LCD sets; the LEDs merely provide the necessary backlighting. While Hisense&amp;rsquo;s larger TVs (the 75H9D Plus and the flagship 70- and 75-inch H10D models) offer full-array local dimming (FALD), the 65-inch 65H9D Plus reviewed here is LED edge-lit. While for some consumers its $1,599 MSRP makes it look a little expensive, its discounted street price with major online retailers (as of late October) puts it well under $1,500 and makes it price-friendly&amp;mdash;especially when compared with the flagship TVs I&amp;rsquo;ve reviewed recently.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $2,000
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Extensive streaming options
Strong contrast with full-array local dimming
Accurate out-of-box color
Minus
Average LCD off-axis picture uniformity
HDR highlights a notch below the top TVs
Android TV interface can be confusing
THE VERDICT
The impressive performance delivered by Sony&amp;rsquo;s midrange UHDTV makes it a compelling choice for budget buyers upgrading to HDR.
Here&amp;rsquo;s the top Sony TV news for 2017: The company started selling its first big-screen OLED models. With an elegant &amp;ldquo;One Slate&amp;rdquo; design and an ability to emit sound from actuators positioned directly behind the glass screen, Sony&amp;rsquo;s A1E line (November 2017 and soundandvision.com) is destined to give LG&amp;rsquo;s OLEDs some competition. But when you consider that a 65-inch model costs about $4,000 after discounts, the Sony OLEDs are pricey. Fortunately, there are plenty of other Sony Ultra HDTVs to choose from, including the midrange X900E series, which lists for $2,000 for the 65-inch model and will run you about $1,800 on the street.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $2,000
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Extensive streaming options
Strong contrast with full-array local dimming
Accurate out-of-box color
Minus
Average LCD off-axis picture uniformity
HDR highlights a notch below the top TVs
Android TV interface can be confusing
THE VERDICT
The impressive performance delivered by Sony&amp;rsquo;s midrange UHDTV makes it a compelling choice for budget buyers upgrading to HDR.
Here&amp;rsquo;s the top Sony TV news for 2017: The company started selling its first big-screen OLED models. With an elegant &amp;ldquo;One Slate&amp;rdquo; design and an ability to emit sound from actuators positioned directly behind the glass screen, Sony&amp;rsquo;s A1E line (November 2017 and soundandvision.com) is destined to give LG&amp;rsquo;s OLEDs some competition. But when you consider that a 65-inch model costs about $4,000 after discounts, the Sony OLEDs are pricey. Fortunately, there are plenty of other Sony Ultra HDTVs to choose from, including the midrange X900E series, which lists for $2,000 for the 65-inch model and will run you about $1,800 on the street.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $2,500
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Superb resolution in HD and UHD
Effective HDR for a projector
Affordable price
Minus
Poor contrast and black level
HDR color banding
THE VERDICT
If pure picture quality with 1080p standard dynamic range will dominate your viewing there are better options out there at this price and lower. But none of them will do what the Optoma can: accept a 4K input, provide a reasonable facsimile of high dynamic range, and offer picture detail challenged only by native 4K projectors costing many times its price.
Optoma has been in the projector business for years. Go to the company&amp;rsquo;s website, and you&amp;rsquo;ll see a bewildering array of models. But the UHD65 is one of the first models to make use of a new 4K DMD (Digital Micromirror Device), the core of Texas Instruments&amp;rsquo; Digital Light Processing technology. And along with its sister model, the UHD60, it&amp;rsquo;s one of the cheapest.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $400
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Plethora of streaming options
Outstanding picture quality
Dual HDMI outputs
Minus
No 3D support
Flimsy disc tray
No Dolby Vision support
THE VERDICT
This second-generation Ultra HD Blu-ray player delivers exceptional performance and value, especially for heavy Netflix or Amazon users.
I&amp;rsquo;m in my 13th year of reviewing consumer electronics, and I&amp;rsquo;m continually amazed at the industry&amp;rsquo;s pace of innovation. In the span of about 20 years, we&amp;rsquo;ve gone from bulky, backbreaking CRT displays to flat-panel TVs that hang on the wall, as well as projectors that are smaller than the base of a vacuum cleaner&amp;mdash;all at prices that the middle class can easily afford.

Performance
Features
Ergonomics
Value
PRICE $1,100
AT A GLANCE
Plus
Effective peak brightness with HDR sources
Can display extended color
Good overall picture
uniformity and upscaling
Minus
Mild artifacts from local-dimming backlight
No off-air tuner
Only one HDMI 2.0a input
THE VERDICT
Vizio&amp;rsquo;s new M Series set offers substantial performance improvements over last year&amp;rsquo;s model and does so at an even lower price.
Ultra HDTVs that support the display of programs with high dynamic range, also known as HDR, have quickly become the norm. If you&amp;rsquo;re out and about shopping for a new set, there&amp;rsquo;s a good chance that you&amp;rsquo;ll be taking home one of these TVs. Of course, the benefit to a state-of-the-art feature like HDR becoming standard is that prices for sets that include it will drop. How low? How about $1,100? That&amp;rsquo;s what Vizio charges for their 65-inch M65-E0 LCD Ultra HDTV.